EdTech Sector Developments – June & July 2025
At ISTE Live 2025 (June 27–30, San Antonio), Google announced Gemini for Education, rolling its generative AI models into Google Classroom and Workspace at no added cost and enabling auto-generated vocabulary lists, quizzes, adaptive lesson plans, and AI study buddies called Gems, plus Classroom “Class” mode on Chromebook Plus with privacy safeguards. Microsoft announced Copilot for Education at ISTE 2025, introducing Copilot Chat based on GPT-4 for students 13+, an AI lesson-plan generator in private preview, and the integration of Teams Classwork and Assignments data into Copilot for tailored feedback, with broad rollout by the end of summer 2025. ISTE